-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Tomas L. Byrnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Congress is debating a law that would require licensing of Infosec > professionals: > > http://datasecurityblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/cybersecurity-act-is-fe > deral-infosec-license-key-to-net-control/ > > Except in certain jurisdictions (MI FE) where doing forensics or other > investigations requires a private investigators license: > > http://www.myharddrivedied.com/weblog/michigan_to_require_cissp_f.html > > There is no current requirement, but that is changing. > But this is only for "InfoSec Professionals" which work on/in/with Federal Networks, etc., not private industry (unless contracted to the Fed). Plus, I see this as folly, since "certifications" are a ruse, and are certainly no evidence of capability, capacity, or expertise. Also, I see that the Fed is already having problem finding people who want a salary cut, has a security clearance, and want to be enveloped in a bureaucratic quagmire: "U.S. Struggles to Recruit Computer Security Experts" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/22/AR200912220 3789.html Cheers, - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFLO/zaq1pz9mNUZTMRAvjAAKC1iUtR0TOtgoTxuosCHmOhu8bm3QCg9XFW ItMjolJL2+SKu0sk4TmiG48= =aZTR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
